Podcasts

Look at those scarves!  It was cold in Chicago last Friday when Andrea Bunch from the Old Town School of Folk Music came by for a chat. Andrea has been at Old Town since 2001.  We discuss her journey from Iowa

On this week’s episode I have a great chat with Amy Berk from the San Francisco Art Institute.  She runs the City Studio Program at SFAI, which serves Bay Area youth We talk about City Studio as well as her

Hey, That’s Joe Pollock! Joe Pollock was my student during the summer of 1996 at Columbia College Chicago, and he was the first student I selected to be my teaching assistant. Joe has taught K-12 Art, and is now teaching

All the way from Bournemouth University in England Brad Gyori joins me to talk about his journey from being the head writer of Talk Soup to getting his PhD from ASU, to teaching in Chicago and now Bournemouth. We also

Another double header day!  This time two folks from the (relatively) new Harold Ramis Film School in Chicago.  First up, Program Director Jack Newell.  Jack tells us all about the school, and their focus on comedy films.  Then Dania Kahn,

This week I talk with folks from Free Spirit Media.  First up is Jeff McCarter, Free Spirit’s Founder and Executive Director.  Jeff shares FSM’s beginnings from Hoops High, to where they are today.  Jeff is followed up by two Free

OK, I get a little fan boyish on this one.  I have been a New York Times Crossword puzzle fan for more than 30 years.  A few years ago, I was frustrated by a Sunday puzzle and I googled to

I had a great talk with two current NU students about life as a college art student today, and more importantly, The Niteskool Project.  I was part of the group of student who started Niteskool in 1984.  Erica and Sid

Oh man was this fun! I met Jacob for the first time when he walked into Soundmaker Post, where I record Teaching in the Arts, and we hit it off immediately.  We talk about playing a gig in a chicken

  Julie Hill joins me as we talk about her career as a journalist in print, radio, and TV.  Julie has taught at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, the University of Chicago, Tribeca Flashpoint College, and currently at Loyola University